fetal mortality rate

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fetal mortality rate,

the number of fetal deaths per 1000 births, or per live births.

The ratio of fetal deaths to the sum of the births–the live births + the fetal deaths in that year; in the US, the FMR dropped from
19.2 /1,000 births–1950 to 9.2/1,000 births–1980

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